Team PLAY (Positive Lifestyles for Active Youngsters)

Completed · Phase 2/Phase 3

Conditions studied: Obesity

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether an intense family-centered program to help children, 4 to 7 years old, control their weight is more effective than the advise and referrals their health provider gives in the primary care office.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00528164

Run by

University of Tennessee

People needed

270

Starts

2006-09-01

Expected to finish

2012-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-02-18

Who can join

Age: 4 and older, up to 7. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Children 4 to 7 years of age, male or female, of any race who have a BMI > 85% for age.
• All participants and parents must be able to speak and understand English.

You may not qualify if…

• History of diabetes mellitus
• History of significant renal, hepatic, cardiovascular,or gastrointestinal disease
• Receiving drugs known to alter glucose homeostasis
• Physical disabilities that limit physical activity (i.e. orthopedic, congenital)
• Diagnosis of hypertension by a medical provider that requires limited physical activity
• Psychological disabilities that might limit participation;
• Lack of access to a telephone
• Lack of access to transportation for the intervention
• Current participation in another clinical trial (current participation in an observational study is not an exclusion.)
• Other medical or behavioral factors that in the judgment of the Principal Investigator may interfere with study participation or the ability to follow the intervention protocol.
• Unable to speak and understand English

Where it is running

• University of Tennessee, Department of Preventive Medicine — Memphis, Tennessee, United States

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